I am soooo Happy!

I just got off the phone with a representative of a program I applied for before I stated the nursing program. The program pays for all required fees (less tuition) for Nursing program students. They were unable to obtain the funding to pay for my first semester so I scrambled and paid the 1200 to get started. Today, I found out they have the funding to carry me through the rest of my program and even pay for my licensing fees and state boards. I am in awe. I do not have to worry about books and any other required fees! YEAH!!!!

OKay I have to run. Jonathan's cardiologist is squeezing him in to check him for signs of endocarditis Due to his recent e-coli infection and GI bleed we are concerned because he is getting tired really easy, he is really pale and is developing dark circles under his eyes and complains that his heart is beating too hard. So his cardiologist agreed to see him free of charge to make sure his heart is not being compromised. Pray for him "K"

HUGS!!!!

IV Starts

I am a big baby! My lab partner tried 2 times to start an IV on me and I had to have her stop. I do not like pain that is not needed! She was doing well and I am sure I made it worse on her by wiggling and essentially freaking out. STUPID! Oh well. I had a great day with it. I did one successful venous puncture and I complete "ready to go to OR" IV start (on the first try). What did I learn? BE AGGRESSIVE!! I was trying to hard to be gentle to my guy (Dan) that I wound up fishing for a vein. Stab and go is the way to be. What can I say; I am a baby vampire and my blood letting skills need practice. For the sake of my patients I am thankful that we practice on each other. A bit a humility goes a long way too. After watching the nurses try 5 times to get an IV in Jonathan (blowing his veins each time) I thought I had learned enough to do just fine. Yeah Right. Thankfully our skills lab instructor was patient and firm with us. Never forget difference between sterile and clean. I wasted 2 needles by not following sterile technique and those puppies are expensive!

I do have to say that I am a gluten for punishment though. After skills lab was out I ran to the Nursing office to get a free flu shot. I am glad I got it but my arm hurts :( I am going to go scrub my kitchen floor in BIG circles to move that fluid out of my muscle!

About Jonathan, he had a bad strain of e-coli. Here is some info on it. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/escherichiacoli_g.htm

Prayer saved my child's life! No doubt about it. I am shocked at how much is happening with his little body. I have been told many times that there is a calling on his life to be in the service of God and if that is true then Satan is doing ALL he can to destroy that promise. I am thankful that my church prayed without ceasing for him. I am thankful for the people that came and prayed for him. Sometimes I question my faith and then things like this happen that make the questions end.

My rotation in OR was uneventful last week. I was utterly bored as a OR Nurse. I do not think I will start my career off there. I really like patient care. After all this is why I am doing this. Not to have people knocked out cold on a OR table and listen to the surgeon or anesthesiologist yack about their fishing trips or dogs. I was told that I am "Miss Nancy Nice Nurse" and that OR probably wasn't the place for me. Ya think? Oh well. I am back to med-surg tomorrow and I am looking forward to a patient that I can work with. Total care or not I really like this right now.

Okay I have been long winded enough. I may be avoiding my kitchen floor but Emma is sleeping and Jonathan is playing in the back yard leaves ( half day for him) so I must go.

Ta Ta for now!